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Slab serif infused with blackletter angularity
Dockland is a low-contrast bracketed slab serif designed by Tom Holloway and released by TypeMates in 2023. The transitional-style typeface draws on blackletter forms and 1890s lithographic prints, introducing angular counterforms and calligraphic stroke detail into an otherwise mechanical genre. The family spans seven weights with matching italics, available as a variable font, and ships with 550 glyphs covering more than 200 Latin-script languages.
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Insights
- Prominent vertical serifs and angular counterforms are deliberate departures from the typically mechanical slab genre, adding calligraphic character.
- Historical reference is specific: blackletter letterforms and lithographic print conventions of the 1890s, filtered through modern proportions.
- The variable font release accompanies 14 discrete OTF/TTF styles, alongside web formats (WOFF, WOFF2).
- OpenType feature set includes Stylistic Set 20 labelled 'Schlaue Typografie' alongside standard figure sets, ligatures, fractions, and slashed zero.
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